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MR ILYAS - Neon & Velvet (Full EP) | Cinematic R&B & Chill Rap
Listen to the full "Neon & Velvet" EP by MR ILYAS. A blend of late-night R&B, cinematic storytelling, and hard-hitting melodic drill designed for the midnight drive.

From the chill-hop introspection of "Silent Engine" to the high-energy fusion of "Heartbreak Drill," this project explores the contrast between the quiet grind and the neon-lit chaos of the city.

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⏳ Tracklist:
0:00 - Silent Engine (Lo-Fi R&B)
2:39 - Progress Reports (Trap-Soul)
4:55 - Heartbreak Drill (Melodic Drill)
7:33 - System Glitch (Alt-R&B / Storytelling Rap)
09:25 - Morning Light (The Barebones Outro)

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Transcript
00:252 a.m. and the dashboard goes
00:28Where the destination is, nobody knows
00:32Streetlights passing like a metronome
00:35City sleeping while I'm in my zone
00:38Hands on the wheel, 10 and 2
00:41Mind drifting back to the things we do
00:44But the hustle calls, gotta see it through
00:48Just me and the road in the midnight, you
00:51Silent engine, humming in the deep
00:54While the rest of the world is fast asleep
00:57Foot on the gas, but the mind is slow
01:01Watch the neon signs, blur and glow
01:04Yeah, the silent engine, carrying the weight
01:08Grinding out the hours, staying up late
01:18Raindrops tapping on the tinted glass
01:20Watching all the shadows slowly pass
01:24Radio low, just a muffled beat
01:27Cruising alone down an empty street
01:30Thoughts get loud when the city gets quiet
01:34Fighting my demons, a midnight ride
01:37But the baseline thumps, keeps me in line
01:40Chasing the dawn, chasing the dawn
01:42Yeah, I'm doing fine
01:43Silent engine, humming in the deep
01:47While the rest of the world is fast asleep
01:49Foot on the gas, but the mind is slow
01:52Watch the neon signs, blur and glow
01:56Yeah, the silent engine, carrying the weight
02:00Grinding out the hours, staying up late
02:08Just a home
02:11Just a road
02:14Let the city blur
02:18Let the story unfold
02:242 AM by silent engine
02:302 AM by silent engine
02:52Are you famous?
02:53Yeah, is your name in print?
02:56Is it paying rent?
02:57Have you made a cent?
02:59Do you make amends with your older friends?
03:02When they take offense, do you hold it in?
03:06Or you throw a fit when they throw a hint?
03:09Can you hold a grudge?
03:11Will you hold a drudge?
03:12Will you grow it up?
03:14Oh, you know it all
03:16Cause you know it all
03:22And I'm trying
03:23To find my peace of mind
03:27And I know, I know, I know I'm too involved
03:32I know it all
03:35I just do it for the passion, yeah
03:38I just do it for the passion
03:42I just do it for the passion, yeah
03:45I just do it for the passion, yeah
03:48I just do it for the passion, yeah
03:52I just do it for the passion, yeah
03:55I just do it for the passion, yeah
03:58I just do it for the passion, yeah
03:59Are you famous?
04:00Yeah, is your name in print?
04:02Is it paying rent?
04:04Have you made a cent?
04:06Do you make amends with your older friends?
04:09When they take offense?
04:11Do you hold it in?
05:07I know it all
05:34If you want to pay at an owned store for the passion?
05:36Do you want to embark on anything?
05:37Do you want toζ₯ say something?
05:38Are you serious?
05:39You always talking crazy Bro, bitches gotta pay me
05:42Bro, niggas gotta hate me I be stepping like I'm Giannis
05:45You could call me Young Brady And I'm still the same
05:49Nigga flipping hoes like I'm a cane with it
05:51Swerving through lanes with it And she got some good brain with it
05:54Told her give me the knowledge And I'm just getting started
05:57Put the coupe in the coffin You ain't even my target
06:00Had to throw away the burner I been up like a Fernie
06:04I don't fuck with the workers So I'm still a top earner
06:07Got some haters and some lovers And I'm cooler than a tundra
06:10When I'm taking out the garbage Nigga, I don't want your problem
06:13Like I'm Luca with the step back, bitch I'm always on a thousand
06:16She ain't never seen a star You could call me Christopher Wallace
06:18She gon' throw it back like a Thursday Fuck it, we could skip the foreplay
06:22If she a daddy, then I might hit her best friend
06:25And if she wildin', then I might let my bro hit
06:29I'm just a young fly nigga on some grown shit
06:32And I been on the go, bitch And I been on my own shit
06:35I'm just focused on the guap It's my soul wish
06:39And I been on my own shit Bitch, I'm in my zone, bitch
06:42And you can keep that weak shit I don't condone it
06:45And I been on my own shit The way you thinkin', I can't get ahead
06:50The way you talkin', you been thinkin' with your head You always talkin' crazy, dead right
06:56Yeah, I been movin' on my own Yeah, I been movin' on my own
07:03The way you talkin', you been thinkin' with your head Yeah, I been movin' on my own
07:10Yeah, I been movin' on my own Yeah, I been movin' on my own
07:14You always talkin' crazy, dead right Dead right
07:39Heart closed, enemies closed Ears ring, hear what God spoke
07:45Sound of trumpets Spirit unlockin', souls wantin'
07:51Look at all my works, you mighty in despair Let's be clear, there's nothin' here
08:01See some glitch, so Can you handle it?
08:06One in the jam, two in the hope I'm more at the crib, two more in the wave
08:09If I run it up, they'll know the name Back in the States, I got a girl, I'll be okay
08:14I see the world run it up, run it up, run it up, run it up, run it up, run
08:18it up
08:26Run it up, run it up, run it up, run it up, run it up
08:28Like when the soundtrack's playing in my head
08:36Like when the sound's panned out and it pans out
08:52One in the chamber, two in the hole, five more at the crib, two more on the wave
08:55I run it up, don't know the name, back in the states, I got a girl, I'll be okay
09:00I'll save the world, run it up, run it up, run it up, run it up, run it up
09:34If I ever leave, you know I'm coming back
09:37That's on everything, yeah, that's a fact
09:40And that's not a question, not a heart attack
09:43I've been here before, I know where I'm at
09:46It wasn't like I planned it
09:49Shit just kinda happened
09:52I was in the dark, stuck in the mud, stuck in the past
09:56But then the sun rose up
09:58And I looked at the morning light
10:01Told myself it's gonna be alright
10:07I said it's gonna be alright
10:14Yeah, I said it's gonna be alright
10:19Yeah, I said it's gonna be alright
10:28And I looked at the morning light
10:31Told myself it's gonna be alright
10:34And I looked at the morning light
10:43Told myself it's gonna be alright
10:52And I looked at the morning light
10:55Told myself it's gonna be alright
11:16And I looked at the morning light
11:24And I looked at the morning light
11:24And I looked at the morning light
11:25And I looked at the morning light
11:25And I looked at the morning light
11:26And I looked at the morning light
11:26And I looked at the morning light
11:27And I looked at the morning light
11:27And I looked at the morning light
11:27And I looked at the morning light
11:28And I looked at the morning light
11:29And I looked at the morning light
11:30And I looked at the morning light
11:31And I looked at the morning light
11:38You
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